Lucresia was quite in favor of Duncan's idea to "play the long game" to catch the big fish—in fact, from the beginning, she didn't quite support the simple and crude method that her father and Fenna had come up with.
It's not that she had any prejudice against athletes—the main issue she saw was that, based on the fear and sensitivity towards the "Spiritual Fire" that A Dog displayed, as well as the suicide rate of the Profound Demons, that method was so blunt, she feared that not a single living one would be caught…
"The heretics will hold a gathering before nightfall, and I will have Rabi try to get some information," Lucresia said thoughtfully, "The most troublesome part now is that there is a so-called 'Saint' on that ship—meaning that apart from 'observation,' Rabi cannot do anything else. Any proactive actions might be detected by that Saint."